''Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome'' is a spinoff of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', serving as a prequel to BSG and a sequel to ''Series/{{Caprica}}''.

Set ten years into the Cylon War, it focuses on then-Ensign William Adama (Creator/LukePasqualino), who has been assigned to then-new ''Galactica'' fresh out of the academy. The irascible newbie is more than a little irritated to be assigned to be a Raptor "bus driver" rather than a Viper jock. However, things become much more interesting fast when the routine "milk run" he and his more experienced but surly co-pilot Lt. Coker Fasjovik are assigned to turns out to be a cover for a top-secret mission involving the mysterious Dr. Becca Kelly.

It was in DevelopmentHell for a long time, but finally made it out the door in online mini-episodes in November 2012 and a longer version aired as a two-hour pilot movie on February 10, 2013. The uncut, unrated DVD and Blu-Ray of the pilot was released on February 19, 2013.

----!!This series provides examples of:

* AcePilot: Bill.* AnachronismStew: Like ''Caprica'', it's bound to contain shades of this, with fashions and hair styles so far reminiscent of the Vietnam War.* CallBack: "Are you alive?" [[spoiler:A Cylon humanoid prototype asks it of Dr. Kelly before killing her, like a Six asks it of the Colonial officer at Armistice Station before the Cylons blow the station up. The echo is inverted, as in this prequel she is literally questioning Dr. Kelly's status. In the pilot miniseries of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', which takes place decades later, the question is more philosophical]]** [[spoiler:Even better, Creator/TriciaHelfer is the one speaking the line both times]]* ContinuitySnarl: The Galactica has a different CIC, sickbay and hangar design and Adama flies a newer Mark III Viper with his name on it at the end (despite flying the older Mark II, which is a major plot device in the Re-Imagined series).* CosmeticallyAdvancedPrequel: An example that only briefly appears. ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaBloodAndChrome'' takes place some time before ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' -- something like 30-40 years prior, considering the main character's age. In ''Blood and Chrome'', a pre-mission briefing is conducted using something like virtual reality goggles. By the time the main series rolls around, plastic figurines on a two-dimensional map are used instead.* CrazySurvivalist: Toth.* DidYouJustHaveSex: Coker almost immediately figures out when Adama has done the deed.* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the very first scene, Bill's in a (simulated) dogfight with two Raiders. When he gets his Viper's windscreen damaged destroying one, he jettisons it despite the radiation hazard and uses his handgun to destroy the other. It also foreshadows/[[CallForward Calls Forward]] to his mature self's tolerance of Starbuck's antics.* FatalFamilyPhoto:** Near the end of the final episode Coker hands Bill a photograph of a loved one. That this was his [[RetIrony final mission before his service was up]] sealed his fate. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope He lives]]]].** Similar in concept, but [[spoiler:Kirby (supposedly) dies the mission after Coker tells him about his wife and child.]]* FastRoping: Attempted by Bill, but failed because he ran out of rope. Then later Toth does it with greater effect.* FeedTheMole: [[spoiler: Turns out that's why the humans want Dr. Kelly to succeed.]]* FireForgedFriends: Adam and Coker by the end of the show.* GotVolunteered: Coker was not happy that he got roped into a one-way mission with Adama.* HeroicSuicide: The ''Osiris''' {{suicide attack}} on a Cylon basestar.* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Bill.* InsultOfEndearment: Husker, Coker's put down after meeting Bill, becomes his call-sign at the end (and by proxy all the way to the parent series)* {{Interquel}}: Between the Mini-series and the prequel ''Series/{{Caprica}}''. * OrangeBlueContrast: Especially noticeable in the scenes in the Raptor and the abandoned ski lodge. * RadioSilence: Once they get out of range of Galactica.* ReliableTraitor: [[spoiler:The Colonial leadership ''knows'' Dr. Kelly is a Cylon sympathiser, and is planning to betray them. That's precisely what they want.]]* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Cython.* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Dr. Kelly]].* RetIrony: Coker was hoping for a nice, quiet posting for the final few weeks of his service. Then he gets sent on this mission. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Then he survives despite being seriously injured]] ''[[SubvertedTrope and]]'' [[SubvertedTrope showing the]] FatalFamilyPhoto [[SubvertedTrope mentioned above.]]]]* SealedOrders: Only once they're already on their way to deliver "supplies" do the guys get their real orders handed to them.* SoundEffectBleep: "Frak" still gets a free pass, but any "normal" oaths get concealed by convenient locker slams, spanner drops, something that is not mandated by Youtube whatsoever. Meanwhile, the Blu-rays are explicitly advertised as [[UnratedEdition unrated]].* SuicideAttack: The ''Osiris'' flies directly into a Cylon basestar and sets off all of its nukes at once to destroy it. * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Coker was created because the writers remembered that they established Adama and Tigh had never served together during the First Cylon War.* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Hot-headed, rookie, want-a-be TheAce Adama teams up with weary, tired, just wants to make it out of the war alive Coker. Throw in a top-secret mission and you've got a lot of shouting between the two.* ThatsAnOrder: You will go on the "milk run" Adama.* TimeForPlanB: Used a couple of times, once by the cocky Adama and then a call back near the end from Coker.* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Coker's buddy Kirby escorts Adama's team to the ice planet, then [[spoiler:abandons them after his Viper is damaged, saying he's going home. We never hear from him again, or find out how he planned to get anywhere in a damaged short-range fighter whose carrier was just destroyed. "Going home" might be a DeadlyEuphemism.]]* YouLookFamiliar: Several actors who played supporting roles in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and/or ''Series/{{Caprica}}'' play new characters here, including Ben Cotton, Brian Markinson, Carmen Moore, Ty Olsson, Jill Teed, Sebastian Spence, John Pyper-Ferguson and Leo Li Chiang.* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Dr. Kelly wants to end the war by forcing the Colonial government to negotiate with the Cylons. Unfortunately, her plan involves giving the Cylons information about a hidden Colonial fleet, which would lead to thousands of human deaths. But then again, she herself is being played by the Colonial leadership.]]